The good cop, bad cop approach may work well when eliciting criminal confessions, but it was never intended for the home. You might notice it when one parent says, “Don’t tell your father [or mother]” and then modifies or subverts what the other parent said. These parents may have any number of reasons for their […]
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Many people imagine they’re immune to infidelity’s seduction, but they are not. King David was “a man after [God’s] own heart” (1 Sam 13:14), “who found favor in the sight of God” (Acts 7:46), and who composed half of the Psalms—if he was not exempt from the allure of adultery, then we are not either. […]
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Most Helpful Diagrams in Marriage Counseling Here is a clean set of notes for the lecture, Most...
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The Bible describes marriage as a covenant in several places. The biblical view of marriage as a covenant between a man and a woman before God can strengthen, stabilize, and energize Christian marriages. Continue Reading →
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You probably keep score. I’m sure you don’t mean to. You may not even be conscious of it. But there’s a pretty good chance that you do it. You keep score in your marriage. You keep score when you tally up the things you do for your spouse and when you tally up the things your spouse fails to do for you. You rarely keep a running total of your own failures or your spouse’s successes. Rather, you maintain records …
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Have you ever seen someone get married and you are absolutely certain that it’s not out of love for the other person? Maybe the woman wants access to her husband’s wealth or lifestyle and marriage is the way she can get it. Or maybe the man wants access to his wife’s fame or reputation and marriage is the way to get it. (Or, as often seems to be the case, access to her much younger body.) Either way, there is …
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I have noticed a very disturbing trend among Christians when it comes to the topic of sex in marriage. Christian literature has inundated women with the idea that it is their primary duty to selflessly submit to their husband’s sexual demands without any reservations. I’ve spoken with dear ladies who have a very confusing and heartbreaking sex life with their husbands due to this poor, unbiblical instruction. As a result, a wife’s sexual life is motivated by paralyzing fear that if she refuses in any way, God will be displeased and her husband will commit adultery. The solution currently being presented?
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Death is not the worst thing that can happen in a marriage. Unfaithfulness is. Lies, cover-ups, any worldly affection that […]
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I. Does the couple read the Bible together on a regular basis? “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12, ESV). II. Does the couple place […]
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